Egg-holder



(No Model.)

F. P. HERVEY,

EGG HOLDER. No. 309,049.- Patented Dec, 9, 1884.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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proved egg-holder.

FRANCES I. HERVEY, OF BRENHAM, TEXAS.

EGG -HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,049, dated December9, 1884.

Application filed July 9, 1894. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCES P. HERVEY, of Brenham, Vashington county,Texas, have invented a new and Improved Egg-Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding eggs of different sizes firmly and securely, and which can alsobe used for taking eggs out of boiling water.

The invention consists of the combination of parts and theirconstruction, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Large, small, or medium sized eggs can be held securely between thesections.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fig. 2 is a sectional planviewof the same on the line 00 m, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a sectional planview of the same on the line 7 3/, Fig. 1.

The holder is formed of two hollow semiellipsoidal sections, A, made ofsheet metal, cast metal, wire, glass, or any other suitable material. Onthe lower part of each section A a stem, B, is formed, which terminatesin two outwardly-curved legs, 0, of any desired suitable shape ordesign. The stems B are pivoted to each other a short distance belowtheir upper ends, and between the lower ends of the stems a spiralspring, I), or some other suitable spring, is interposed,which pressesthe lower ends of the stems apart, thus pressing the edges of thesections A together.

The sections A may have their top edges prongcd to give them moreelasticity and make them more yielding, or the sections may beornamented in any suitable manner. By pressing the two pairs of legstogether the sections A are separated, and an egg, either large, medium,or small, is placed between the sections, and when the legs are releasedthe spring D presses the section A against the egg, which is thus heldsecurely, and can be opened and spooned out without requiring its beingheld by means of the fingers. The holder can also be used for takingeggs from boiling water.

Besides being useful, the holder is very ornamental.

I do not wish to limit myself to any special construction or design ofthe legs, sections, 820., but may change them as circumstances mayrequire.

The egg-holder may be provided with two cups for receiving salt andpepper, and with a spoonrack; or two or more egg-holding cups can beunited with one pair of legs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In an egg-holder, the combination, with two hollowsemi-ellipsoidal sections having stems and legs, which stems are hingedtogether, of a spring for pressing the sections together, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

7 In an eggholder, the combination, with two hollow semi-ellipsoidalsections A, having downwardly projecting stems B, terminating in legs 0,the stems'B being pivoted to each other, of the spring D, interposedbetween the lower ends of the stems, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

FRANCES P. HERVEY. \Vitnesses: R. L. CLEMONS, O. A. Bo'r'rs.

